Jaren Lewison Revealed That His Early Messages With Costar Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Were "Cringey"

As a long-time lover of chaotic teen content™, Never Have I Ever was a show right up my personal alley. However, this series is so much more than teen hijinks — it's a nuanced coming-of-age rom-com-dram that folds in ethnic, sexual, and religious identities ALL WHILE BEING FUNNY AS HELL! So, it was an honor and a privilege to hop on a Zoom call with Jaren Lewison — who plays Ben Gross (aka my favorite character) — to discuss memories from the set of NHIE, his love of Robin Williams and Adam Sander, and a little someone called "Pickle Rick." Here's everything we learned:

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